The guidelines for Oriental medicine's strategy from unauthoritative Western Medical Service -Comparison between The Osteopathology in the Western and the Professionalization of Chiropractic in Korea

서구의 비지배적 의학이한의학의 전략 선택에 주는 시사점 -영미의 정골요법과 카이로프락틱의 전문직화 전략을 중심으로-

  • Published : 2008.09.30

Abstract

The professionalization of unauthoritative medical service has been progressed over time, transforming based on the motive, strategy and the social environment of the medical society. Osteopathology and Chiropractic have been professionalized in totally different steps, even though their basic philosophy and the theory are very much the same. The historical suggestions of these osteolopathology and chiropractic in England and United States is that the economical conditions and the point of view that society has on the relationship between human and medicines affect decisively on the social transformation of the community. Observations through these examples will provide many informations as a source on political measures for a medical society to decide for its future direction.

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